Game of Thrones: Kings in the North
Chapter 177 Wood Dancer, King's Landing, Robert's Welcome
Chapter 177 Wood Dancer, King's Landing, Robert's Welcome
Waking up in the huge Harrenhal guest room like a giant's palace, the ghost in the godswood in the dream was so hideous and vivid, and was plagued by nightmares, Ed was covered in cold sweat, and Caitlin was still sleeping soundly.
"Don't forget to go to Qianmianyu to visit the wooden dancer".Ed's weirwood bracelet still seemed to be whispering.That's the advice of the Green Seer, the Three-Eyed Raven.
Qianmian Islet of Shenyan Lake is one of the few areas south of the Neck that has weirwoods. Most of the heart trees in other places have been felled and burned over the long years.
In the godswood of Harrenhal, there is no weirwood. The heart tree here is an iron tree, and a hideous and terrifying human face is carved on the iron tree.
Harren the Black Heart, who built this majestic castle back then, was a native of the iron people. He and his descendants believed in the Drowned God of the Iron Islands.Presumably "Black Heart" Heron would think that the iron tree as a heart tree is more in line with the ironman's temperament.None of the lords of Harrenhal appointed by the subsequent Targaryen dynasty believed in the old gods, so naturally no one bothered to plant weirwood in the godswood.
The power of the old gods in Harrenhal is strong. Although there are no weirwoods in the godswood forest of Harrenhal, there are thousands of weirwoods on the sacred island in the center of the sacred island of Thousand Faces in the God's Eye Lake in the south of Harrenhal. The weirwood stands proudly.
During the Dawn Era, the children of the forest fought against the ancestors for thousands of years. Countless children of the forest and the warriors of the ancestors were killed in this endless war. The forest, the land, and the rivers were all sad.In the end, the leaders of the children of the forest and the first people chose to sign an oath to end the war on the Islet of Thousand Faces in God's Eye Lake.
In order to celebrate the fulfillment of the oath and the hard-won peace, the children of the forest and the heroes of the ancestors carved human faces on every weirwood heart tree in Qianmian Islet, letting the old gods take care of this sacred oath.
It is said that there is still a "green man" organization that guards the weirwood on Qianmian Islet. According to legend, the green man is the son of the forest.Whatever the truth, no one knows what the Green Warrior actually looked like.
After Caitlin woke up, Ed told her, "Caitlin, I'm going to the Islet of Thousand Faces."
Caitlin was surprised to hear Ed's plan.
"Harrenhal is full of ghosts, and the Isle of Thousand Faces is older than ghosts. Many boys and girls of the nobles in the river have tried to row to the Isle of Thousand Faces, but no one came back alive. Where are you going? What are you doing? There is an ominous place .”
"It's a sacred place." Ed corrected, "For the southerners who believe in the Seven Gods, the Isle of Thousand Faces covered with weirwoods may be dangerous, but don't forget, the Stark family has believed in the Old Gods for generations, Pray before the weirwood heart tree."
Caitlin worried: "Can the weirwood heart tree in the godswood be the same as the weirwood heart tree in Thousand Faces Isle?"
Ed took Caitlin's hand, "Did you forget? In front of the weirwood heart tree in the godswood of Winterfell, the she-wolf Sunshine gave birth to the little wolf who guarded our children? And the young dragon Flying Wolf, also in the fish Born under the watchful eye of the beamwood heart tree."
Caitlin thought for a while, "That being said, how do you ensure your safety when you go to Qianmian Islet? I heard there are green men on it!"
Ed smiled, "Thousand Faces Islet is a sacred place guarded by the old gods. I will be back soon on a giant eagle."
If what the Three-Eyed Crow said is true, besides the green man, there are also wooden dancers on the Isle of Thousand Faces.
According to ancient books, the wooden dancer is a hunter in the children of the forest. During the war with the ancestors and the Andals, the wooden dancer will summon thorns, and the branches will entangle the enemy, slowing down the enemy's progress. Legend has it that the powerful wooden dancer Dancers can awaken the spirit of the ancient forest, turning the ancient trees into treant warriors to fight for the children of the forest.
However, it has been thousands of years since the wooden dancer disappeared in the records of history books, and there are fewer legends about the wooden dancer than the Green Prophet.
The Three-Eyed Crow is the last Green Prophet. He guides Ed to visit the Wood Dancer on the Isle of Thousand Faces. Ed speculates that the Wood Dancer is at least as powerful as the Green Prophet. As for the Wood Dancer, is he a child of humans and the forest? , no one knows.
Ed had breakfast with Countess Sheila Hean, and he delivered a letter from Maester Dorst.Bachelor Dost is now serving Ed in Winterfell, responsible for the study of occultism and magic. Bachelor Dost grew up in Harrenhal when he was a child, and the Countess of Hean was his patron in the city.
Countess Sheila said excitedly: "Dost is a distant relative of the Banfort family in the scourge of the Western Territory. Everyone knows that the Banfort family is the descendant of the hooded king, and the hooded king Morgan Banfort is a necromancer. So there is a little bit of madness in Dorst's blood."
"When he was a child, his father was a servant in Harrenhal, and his mother was a washerwoman. Both of his parents are dead. Her mother also left Dost with an illegitimate sister named Pia. Her mother hoped that Pia Jan could be a nun, but now Pia is a slut. I put her in charge of the storage room, where she hangs out with men."
"Fortunately, Dorst finally became a bachelor, and he fulfilled his mother's wish. I remember that when Dorst was a child, he often wandered around the Tower of the Burning King and the Tower of the Widow, saying that he wanted to find the lost treasure in Harrenhal. Ghost, he often yells, he is going to take an adventure on the Isle of Thousand Faces! What a mischievous guy."
Ed opened a goose egg, cut a piece and ate it, "I'm going to visit Qianmianyu today."
The smile on Countess Sheila He'an's face disappeared and was replaced by fear, "Lord Ed, you can't go to Thousand Faces Islet!"
"Harrenhal is next to God's Eye Lake. There are many fishermen in the territory of Harrenhal, but no one dares to go fishing near the Isle of Thousand Faces. None of the boats that approached the mysterious island came back alive. Some fishermen's swollen corpses will be killed. Rushing back to shore with mouths full of scarlet leaves of the weirwood heart tree. Believe me, no boat ever gets to the Isle of Faces."
Michu, the Eagle Prince, rode the Eagle past the windows of Harrenhal Hall.
"Ms. Sheila, if I don't take a boat, but ride a giant eagle to Qianmianyu, what do you think?"
Countess Sheila Hean looked at the giant eagle outside the window, "Master Ed, your wildling giant eagle knight is really shocking. It is the first time I have seen a giant eagle at such a young age. Giant eagles can conquer the blue sky and spread their wings. Soaring. However, I must remind you that giant eagles may not be able to fly smoothly over God’s Eye Lake, and don’t forget that a giant dragon has also fallen over God’s Eye Lake.”
Ed frowned, "You mean the battle over God's Eye Lake during the Dance of the Dragons?"
Countess Sheila Hean nodded, "Prince Daeron, the 'Prince of Fleas', who is riding the dragon Craxhu, is facing Prince 'One-Eyed' Aemond, who is riding the dragon Vaghar, two dragons and two All the dragon knights fell to their deaths and were swallowed by the God's Eye Lake."
"Many people will think that the dragon knight and the dragon just died after fighting and fell, but, as someone who has lived in Harrenhal for decades, I would rather believe that the heart tree on the Isle of Thousand Faces interfered with the dragon. .A thousand horrifying faces stare at me, and even the giant dragon dies trembling."
Ed hadn't thought of this level before. If the giant dragons were trembling and falling over Qianmian Islet, what hope would the giant eagle have?Perhaps riding a giant eagle to Qianmian Islet is not as wise as previously planned.
This time they went south to King's Landing, Ed and the giant eagle prince Mi Chu brought a total of two giant eagles, and there were more than 20 giant eagles in Winterfell.What made Ed even more delighted was that some of the giant eagle eggs brought to Winterfell by the wildlings of the giant eagle tribe showed signs of hatching.
Now Ed's skinchanger ability is getting stronger and stronger, he can control giant eagles, bears, direwolves and other animals without distraction.
After breakfast, Ed came to the vast courtyard of Harrenhal, where Domeric and Sir Willy Ward discussed the skills of spears.Arya was chatting with a servant named Weese while an ugly spotted bitch wagged its tail.
Ed whistled, and a giant eagle landed in front of Ed. Ed flew onto the precipitous walls of Harrenhal. He flew off the giant eagle and landed on both feet smoothly.
The giant eagle prince, Mi Chu, rode a giant eagle and landed beside Ed. Ed and Mi Chu stood on the city wall, overlooking the God's Eye Lake in the south.
"Michu, do you think the giant eagle can take me to Thousand Faces Islet in God's Eye Lake?"
Michu said: "I heard from the servants in Harrenhal that the Isle of Thousand Faces is full of weirwood, which belongs to the land of the old gods, and the giant eagle is a gift from the old gods. We rode the giant eagle and arrived at Thousand Faces Island, there should be no problem. Lord Ed, I will go with you."
"No need, I don't dare to risk my giant eagle prince." Going to Thousand Mian Islet is uncertain, the more people go, the greater the risk, and it may even anger the guardian "Green Man" and Wooden Dancer of Thousand Mian Islet .
Ed rode a giant eagle and swooped down from the towering city wall of Harrenhal. Harrenhal and the town of Harrenhal could be seen from the foot of the giant eagle.The townspeople stopped to watch the giant eagle in the sky.Ed drove the giant eagle to the south and flew over God's Eye Lake, where the sparkling water unfolded below.
God's Eye Lake is one of the largest lakes in Westeros. After riding on the back of a giant eagle for several hours, Ed finally saw the mysterious island of Thousand Faces Islet covered in a thin layer of mist.
Thousands of weirwood trees stood like sentinels on Qianmian Islet, and Ed saw the human face on the weirwood heart tree.The gaze of a thousand divine eyes.
When it was only 100 meters away from the island, the giant eagle began to circle and refused to fly forward. Ed had no choice but to stroke the giant eagle's head.
"Can't you bear the gaze of a thousand eyes?"
Ed controlled the giant eagle and began to descend. When it was close to the water, Ed jumped into the water, and he decided to swim the remaining distance.The eagle flapped its wings and flew away.
The sun shines on the weirwood heart tree on Qianmian Islet. The dry bone-like branches and blood-red leaves exude a peaceful light in the sun. Ed feels the gaze of the weirwood heart tree's human face.
Legend has it that when the oath was signed, the children of the forest and the heroes of the ancestors carved the human faces of a thousand weirwood heart trees on Qianmian Islet. There may be more weirwood trees today. Ed walked in the weirwood forest with blood-red leaves under his feet With reddish-brown soil.
A touch of green appeared in the weirwood forest. Among the white trunks and blood-red leaves, the green was particularly conspicuous. Ed saw that the person who came was short and dressed in clothes woven from leaves. He was only as tall as Arya. With dark chestnut skin and long, large ears, eyes like green ponds.
More dwarven warriors in green-leaf clothes emerged from the weirwood forest, each with a weirwood longbow, quiver full of obsidian arrowheads, and an obsidian dagger hanging from his waist.
Ed was surprised: "Children of the forest? Are you green warriors?"
The leading green warrior nodded, "Ed Stark, you are finally here, the wooden dancer is waiting for you." The voice was as pure as spring water in the winter wilderness.
Ed said, "You know I'm coming? Did the Three-Eyed Crow tell you?"
"A thousand eyes are watching." The green warrior led Ed through the weirwood forest, walking towards the depths of the forest, and they finally entered a cave.
In the cave, there are weirwood tree roots everywhere, like pale snakes swimming, and the roots are covered with glowing magic stones. The cave that should be dark is like daytime.
"There's the wooden dancer."
Following the direction of the green warrior's finger, Ed saw the wooden dancer sitting on the weirwood throne. She was a skinny old woman, and she was older than the old Nan in Winterfell.The old woman held a weirwood scepter, her hair was dry grass, and weirwood roots protruded from her ribs and ribcage.
Ed only felt his stomach churning, and when he walked up to him, he noticed the old woman's eyes, one was blue and the other was green. On her shriveled neck, she was wearing a necklace of sapphires and emeralds, gorgeous. Incomparable.
The old woman stared at Ed with those blue and green eyes, and said nothing, and Ed was so terrified that he had to speak to break the silence.
"Wooden Dancer, the Three-Eyed Raven wants me to come to you. He wants me to remind you that the cold god is approaching, and winter is coming."
A ferocious smile appeared on the old woman's face.
"The cold god is coming, the White Walker is coming, it's as certain as the sun going down from the west. The problem is, what's the use of the Three-Eyed Crow asking you to warn me? There are only more than 100 children of the forest in Qianmianyu , counting the children of the forest beside the Three-Eyed Crow outside the Great Wall, Qianmianyu and the children of the forest beyond the Great Wall, the total number of people will not exceed two hundred."
"If you count on such a few children of the forest to resist the army of cold and death, what are the chances of winning?"
Ed didn't expect the wooden dancer to be so pessimistic. He was stunned for a while, "Humans will fight side by side with the children of the forest."
The old woman spat out a mouthful of blood-red saliva, "The people who felled the weirwood back then were also humans. In the Dawn Era, the ancestors felled the weirwood. After the oath was signed, the weirwood felled became the Andals who crossed the sea. The northern border There are still some weirwoods, thanks to the ancient greenseers, who gathered together to summon the sea, flood the neck, and stop the intruders."
Ed showed the obsidian dagger in his hand, "Obsidian is found in the lonely mountains and northern mountains in the northern border. The mountainous area of Skagos Island has an astonishing amount of obsidian. I have ordered the northern border to make obsidian weapons. There are plenty of obsidian weapons on the Wall now."
The old woman snorted softly, "Wolf King, you have a smart brain. Perhaps the Three-Eyed Crow chose to fight against the White Walkers with you because of this. The White Walkers are indeed afraid of obsidian, obsidian daggers or obsidian arrows." You can kill a White Walker with a single blow, but that was 8000 years ago."
"8000 years ago, relying on obsidian weapons and the Great Wall, the Night Watchman Legion and the Children of the Forest ended the long night together. In 8000 years, you expect the magic of the White Walkers to make no progress? According to the news delivered by the crow, Eternal Winter beyond the Great Wall In this land, the climate is getting colder and colder, and the White Walkers are even building black ice armor, if the black ice armor can offset the advantages of obsidian, it is simply a dream for human beings to defeat the White Walkers."
Ed stroked the ice of the Valyrian greatsword, "Varerian steel is also the nemesis of the ghosts, even with the black ice armor, the Valyrian steel sword can still win."
The old woman obviously didn't think so, "How many Valyrian steel weapons are there in the Seven Kingdoms? These are the ancestral swords of the nobles. Now in the whole of Westeros, it may not be possible to collect two hundred. Besides, the nobles are willing to take out ancestral swords. Valyrian steel sword against the White Walkers?"
Ed said: "In Winterfell, a young dragon hatched."
The old woman narrowed her eyes, "I saw it through the weirwood heart tree in Winterfell. It's a little gray-black bastard with blood-red eyes. The baby dragon is not as big as a goat now, so what's the use of it?"
A drop of thick sap dripped on Ed's shoulder, "In a few years, the dragon will grow up."
The old woman said: "The enemy and the servant of the cold god must give you a chance. You know better than me how many young dragons have died on Dragonstone Island when you come to the dragon's lair. Besides, even if the dragon grows up, it is not invincible. Queen Rhaenys and her Meraxes fell at the Hellgate of Dorne, and Jacaerys and his dragon Womax died at the Howl."
"The Academy will conspire to kill dragons, your enemy Lannister will conspire to slay dragons, and your vassals who are worrying about their loyalty will also try to kill young dragons. Even if your dragon named Flying Wolf, It has escaped the assassination of the Academy City, the assassination of its political opponents, and is bigger than Balerion, how useful it can be in fighting against the White Walkers? I am curious."
Ed pondered for a while, "The dragon flames sprayed by the dragon can kill ghouls, I believe."
The old woman interrupted him, "Dragon flame can certainly burn ghouls to death, but no one knows how powerful it is against White Walkers. It's no secret that White Walkers can manipulate dead bears, and mammoths fight for them. Once killed by a different ghost, it will become an ice dragon controlled by a different ghost."
"There is no doubt that the death arrow of the strange ghost can easily kill the dragon. At this time, what the ice dragon spews out is not the scorching dragon flame, but cold ice. At that time, the ice dragon will become the ghost of the strange ghost. I wonder if the Three-Eyed Crow foresaw this danger when it helped you hatch the dragon eggs?"
The thought of the young dragon growing up to become an ice dragon attacking Winterfell and the Wall, slaughtering villages and towns with ice sent a chill down Ed's spine.In fact, Ed knew this risk a long time ago, but he didn't want to think about it. He is still immersed in Stark's joy of owning the dragon.
It took Ed a while to find his voice, "I will protect the dragon from harm."
The old woman said: "Wolf King, you have to protect your people, your dragon and the Great Wall, so turn around and return to the north! Call the vassals in the north, guard the Great Wall, and wait for the aliens to attack. This is the best choice." .”
Eddard was surprised, "King Robert recruited me."
"The king is also a mortal, and ashes will be ashes and ashes will be ashes." The old woman sighed, "Greed for power is the madness in the blood of kings and nobles. When the Three-Eyed Raven was still Brynden Rivers, he and the cold Iron, and Daeron I, Daemon Blackfyre, played this kind of game."
"I used to be the king's daughter, the king's illegitimate sister, and my illegitimate brothers. They were either the prime minister or the accomplice of the robbers. Some fought for the black dragon, and some fought for the red dragon. Now they are all dead. Only me and Brynden Rivers, Duke of Bloodraven, are still alive."
Ed looked into the old woman's green and blue eyes, then at the sapphire and emerald necklace around her neck.
"I know who you are now. You are the illegitimate daughter of King Aegon IV and his last mistress, Serena of Lys, Siri Oceanheart."
Xirui Yangxin is one of the most famous beauties in the history of the Seven Kingdoms. She is the last illegitimate daughter of King Aegon. Her beauty overshadows the noble girls of the Seven Kingdoms. The story of Ge Hewen and "Blood Raven" Brynden Hewen falling in love and killing each other in order to compete for Xirui Yangxin is the singer's favorite.
The once beautiful woman has become a skinny old woman. Ed can't help but lament the cruelty of the Creator, "The history books say that you inherited your mother's blood magic and rely on bathing in blood to maintain your beauty."
Xirui Yangxin showed an ugly toothless smile, "The history books also said that I died a long time ago and passed away. Now, as you can see, I continue to live as a wooden dancer. Therefore, in the history books Not necessarily true."
"Back then, both Han Tie and Blood Crow pursued me. I chose Blood Crow. Han Tie went crazy because of this. Han Tie is the most resentful person I have ever seen. He is an angry person, always frowning. Han Tie Iron fought for the Black Dragon, supported the Blackfyre Rebellion many times, he went into exile across the Narrow Sea, and created the Golden Company."
"As the first leader of the Golden Company, he died in an insignificant war in the disputed lands of Myr and Tyrosh. The singer wants us to believe that Han Iron died with a weapon in hand, cursing, and a well-deserved death, but I Let me tell you, Han Tie will never die with peace in his eyes, such a way of death is destined to make him angry, and thus become a wraith."
Ed said: "Han Tie's skull was made into a golden skull and hung in the camp of the Golden Squad. The subsequent heads of the Golden Squad have continued this tradition. Make a comeback."
Xirui Yangxin said: "Let's not say that the blood of the black fire is cut off now, even the dragon dynasty of Targaryen has collapsed, and Han Tie's golden skull must frown again. I have no doubt that the golden skull It's a kind of dark magic, believe me, Han Tie will return in some capacity, it's impossible for someone like him to die."
Ed nervously said: "Do you think Han Tie will become the servant of Han God?"
Xirui Yangxin shrugged her shoulders, "Why not? The White Walkers can resurrect the dead, and Han Tie's nickname fits the cold god's temperament very well. You saw the ghosts of Harrenhal in your dream. They lived in the past. It is also possible to return to the present. For the cold iron army that may appear outside the Great Wall, Wolf King, are you willing to listen to my persuasion and return to the northern border to prepare for the battle against the White Walkers?"
Ed said helplessly: "If I return to the North, King Robert will doubt my loyalty. At that time, before the White Walkers, the enemies in the South may attack the North. In the game of power, I am also Involuntary."
Now the King’s Landing royal family has sent an invitation to Ed. Robert will prepare a grand tournament for Ed, a theater troupe performance, and a court feast to celebrate the conquest of the wolf king. If Ed returns to Winterfell after walking halfway, Robert will No matter how much Bob trusted Ed, he would become suspicious.
Besides, without Ed's support, how long Jon Arryn and Robert can persist in King's Landing is also a question.
Jon Arryn is a decent man, Robert is a big bastard, both of them disdain intrigues and tricks, but they are surrounded by conspirators like Varys, Littlefinger, and Cersei, people will find Joffrey, Mi Sera, Tommen grew up less like Robert, and it was only a matter of time before Lannister would fight Robert and Jon Arryn in order to keep the Iron Throne.
Ed could only go to King's Landing, and Xirui Yangxin on the weirwood throne said helplessly: "Even the king can't do what he wants, so you can go to King's Landing in the south!"
Ed looked at Xirui Yangxin's old face, "The Duke of Blood Raven became the Greenseer. I know it's because of his ancestor's blood. His mother came from the Blackwood family of Raventree City. The Blackwood family is a A descendant of the ancestors who believed in the old gods. Mrs. Siri, your mother is Serene from Lys, and has nothing to do with the ancestors. You should have no ancestor blood, so why were you chosen as a wooden dancer?"
Xirui Yangxin seemed to find this question quite interesting. She smiled and said, "My mother is from Reese, but she has the blood of the ancestors. My grandmother is a wild man from beyond the Great Wall. The Reese slave trader captured her in Hard Town outside the Great Wall. , because my grandma is beautiful, she was trained to be a bed slave."
"She is a wild female savage. Every time the client wants to sleep with her, she always struggles and resists, but the more she does this, the happier the client is. In the end, she was killed by a Rhys with Valyrian blood. The prince bought it home and gave birth to my mother. So, I have wildling blood in me."
Ed said in surprise: "So you have savage blood."
Xirui Yangxin said: "You moved more than [-] savages to the north, which is a great act of kindness. I heard the prayers of the savages in front of the heart tree through the weirwood, and the savages called you the father of life and the wolf king."
"The northern border is the front line for all human beings to resist the White Walkers. 8000 years ago, the ancestors and the Children of the Forest defeated the White Walkers Legion and ended the Long Night because of their common belief in the old gods. Men came, felled with sword and fire, and burned the weirwood south of the Neck, and the Faith of the Seven replaced the old gods, and the humans and the children of the forest drifted apart."
Ed said: "I think people who believe in the Seven Gods can fight against them if they realize that the Others are a threat to all mankind. The Mandalay family in White Harbor in the north are believers of the Seven Gods. The Manderly family has always been loyal to Stark and Winterfell."
Xirui Yangxin said: "If you can conquer other areas south of the Neck and unite people of different beliefs like you conquered the savages beyond the Great Wall, the human race will have a greater chance of defeating the White Walkers."
Xirui Yangxin waved her hand, and a child of the forest brought a weirwood bowl, "This is a gift from me."
Ed saw the sticky juice in the wooden bowl, and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Xirui Yangxin stroked the weirwood walking stick, "This is the sap of a thousand weirwood heart trees on the Isle of Thousand Faces, the stones and soil from all over the Seven Kingdoms, including the stones in the valley, the rainforest soil in the stormlands, and the river bends. The fertile soil of the land, the black soil of the northern border, the frozen soil beyond the Great Wall, the sandstone of Dorne, the river mud of the riverlands, the iron ore powder of the Iron Islands, etc..”
"The old gods are nameless gods belonging to the forest, the earth, rocks, creeks and mountains. After the child of the forest dies, his soul will merge into the earth, trees and rocks. You can accept the guidance of the old gods after drinking this magic potion."
Ed drank the viscous magic potion, which tasted salty, tears, soil, roots, and rocks.
The world was spinning, and Ed felt that the thousand eyes of Qianmianyu were opened for him at the same time, and he was dizzy for a while.
Fractured, Ed finds himself in a hallucination.
He saw Robert's young face, laughing like thunder, flirting and flirting with beautiful young girls.
A dark-haired girl driving a mule, walking between steep hills, surrounded by high mountains covered with snow; a frowning black-haired apprentice blacksmith, with knotted muscles, angrily polishing a horned helmet; In the inn under a big bell, a shy black-haired girl was sitting on the benefactor's lap, holding a peach in her hand.
In the castle under the storm, a stout black-haired boy practiced sword with the gray-haired old man on the school field; in the brothel, a little black-haired baby girl was breastfeeding on her mother's breast.
He saw a cave covered with golden thatch, in which there were many fawns, all of which were killed alive by the vicious lioness, and blood flowed out of the cave.
All of a sudden, the black sea came rushing in, covering the smith's boiler, the rocks, and the stables; a dreadful tent of wolfskins, bloodied, and terribly red in the dawn; There is a feast of wolf and fish; the storm of death rolls in, and the eagle falls to the ground.
The golden Father drove his chariots, and lions, dogs, and black goats trampled the land and villages, leaving corpses everywhere; Church and godswood; king sitting on ancient throne, crowned with roses, dripping with blood
The illusion was getting faster and faster. In Ed's mind, it seemed that a dragon war broke out. He almost fell to the ground and managed to stand still. Then he returned to reality and found that he had left the wooden dancer's burrow. By the lake of Thousand Mian Islet, the sun shone on his face.
The green guards were all gone, the weirwood men around were staring at him, and the leaves were rustling, as if urging him to leave the Isle of Thousand Faces.
Ed couldn't help wondering what the visions meant, and he recognized the children in the visions as Robert's illegitimate children. Some children looked like Robert when he was a child, and he could recognize them at a glance.This is the guidance of the old gods, asking Ed to save those children.
Robert and Cersei's children Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are not Robert's own children.Robert's real children are those illegitimate children. Even if the old gods didn't guide Ed to save these children, Ed would definitely save his children because of Robert's trust and friendship with Ed.
But as for other phantoms, Ed didn't quite understand them. There was a feast of wolf meat and a tent of wolf fur in the phantom. Does this mean that the Stark family will fall to the bottom in the future?Ed also wanted to find the wood dancer's burrow, but he found out that the paths in the weirwood forest of Qianmianyu had been changed. This is indeed a magical place.
The giant eagle hovered in the distance, but still did not dare to approach Qianmianyu, so Ed had to swim away from Qianmianyu. After he swam a few hundred meters, the giant eagle began to descend, swooped down, grabbed Ed with its claws, and threw it into the air In the middle, the giant eagle caught Ed and flew towards Harrenhal with Ed.
Seeing Ed returning safely on a giant eagle, Countess Sheila Hean and Caitlin both heaved a sigh of relief.
Caitlin said excitedly: "I thought something happened to you."
Countess Sheila Hean said: "Duke Ed, what is there on Thousand Faces Islet?"
Ed said: "I didn't dare to go to the island at all. Thousand Faces Islet is very evil, so don't approach it." Ed didn't want the nearby fishermen to disturb the cleanliness of the wooden dancers and the green guards.
The next day, Eddard and Catelyn left Harrenhal with their entourage.According to the agreement between Ed and Countess Sheila Hean, Ed left behind three hundred winter wolves to help Countess Sheila Hean protect the territory and castle.Morona, the white mask assigned by Ed, is the commander of the Winter Wolves of Harrenhal.
Countess Sheila Hean sent Sir Willy Ward of Harrenhal to follow Eddard to King's Landing to represent Harrenhal in the Wolf King Tournament.Sir Willy Ward was a landed knight near Harrenhal, with several manors on his estate.
Ed's team went south along the straight King's Road.
King's Landing, Red Castle, in the corridors of the Maiden's House, Cersei is wearing a crystal-colored silk robe, studded with tourmalines, emeralds and red garnets, her long golden hair is hanging around her shoulders, and she looks angry.
"Winterfell has dragons! No Targaryen king would allow his vassals to have dragons. Robert, that fool, let Stark raise dragons!"
James tidied the snow-white cloak of the Kingsguard in boredom, "It's just a dragon. I heard it's only the size of a hound. It's freezing cold in the northern region. Dragons may not grow up, and there is a high probability that they will die. Sister, don't worry about it." gone."
Cersei said sullenly: "Don't you have brains? When the young dragons grow into giant dragons, an army may not be able to contend with them. Eddard Stark hatched the dragon, it is clearly a plot to rebel! Yes, Robert Ed will be loyal while alive, but if Robert is gone in the future and Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, Ed will definitely take his dragon south, and together with Stannis and Renly, they will conspire to dethrone Joff inside."
Jaime's green eyes flickered mischievously, "Anyway, Stark is coming to King's Landing soon, and Robert wants to keep him in the King's Landing, which is better, and he is at our mercy. Stark left the dragon in the King's Landing Winterfell, we sent an assassin, and stabbed the dragon to death, putting an end to the threat once and for all."
Cersei shook her head, "I heard from Grand Maester Pycelle that it is very difficult to hatch a giant dragon. It was impossible to hatch a dragon in the Targaryen dynasty before, but Eddard managed it. A young dragon is a life after all. It’s a deadly weapon when it gets bigger, it’s a pity to kill it.”
"The best way is to steal it. Steal the young dragon to Casterly Rock City and raise it in a cave. Winterfell is thousands of miles away from Casterly Rock City. Stark will never find it."
James frowned, "It's the biggest cave in Casterly Rock City. It's hard to raise a dragon, right? I heard from Tyrion that the size of a dragon depends on the space it grows in. Dragons raised in the wild are bigger. House Targaryen None of the dragons bred in the lair grew to the size of Balerion."
"Why don't I call Tyrion and ask him about the dragon, and discuss with him how to deal with Eddard Stark, the new threat."
When Tyrion was mentioned, Cersei looked disgusted.
"Since our little dwarf arrived in King's Landing, has he been eating, drinking, whoring and gambling every day, and has he done anything serious? There is no need to discuss it with him. We can discuss it with Father when he arrives in King's Landing."
James said disdainfully, "Father really wants to attend the Wolf King Ceremony? Why should the lion give face to the direwolf."
Cersei stroked James' shoulder, "You're right, Robert also told me that Ed is coming and he wants me to greet him on behalf of Lannister. I handed over the job directly to Tyrion. Let the dwarf To meet Eddard is to show the lion's contempt for the direwolf."
The team in the north was flying the direwolf flag, Ed was riding on the direwolf night walk, the bear king Byers was riding a big bear, the giant eagle prince Michu appeared in the sky riding a giant eagle, and the eagle king McCain was riding on a horse , with falcons, hawks and owls resting on their shoulders, people on the King's Road stepped aside and watched curiously.
As soon as they approached King's Landing, the northerners immediately smelled a stench.
Bear King Byers covered his nose, "What a strange smell. I used to think that only the winter town had the worst smell."
As the leader of the savages, Bear King Byers has lived outside the Great Wall all his life, and only recently moved to Winterfell with Ed, the winter resort town is the largest town where Byers has lived.The wildlings of the Winter Wolves were surprised at the smell of the city.
Ed said: "King's Landing is the largest city in Westeros, and more than 40 people are crowded together."
A group of cavalry ahead blocked the way, and the standard bearer held high the crowned stag banner of the royal family. In addition, Ed also saw the silver moon and blue eagle banner of the Arryn family, the roaring lion banner of the Lannister family, and Gao Ting raised the flag. The rose banner of House Lil, the grape bunch banner of House Redwyne, and more.
At the head was King Robert, in robes of gray and blue silk and a crown of gold on which a crowned stag stood proudly, and Robert rode like a great bear.
"Haha! Ed, you really deserve to be the wolf king, and you actually ride a wolf. Is this the famous direwolf? Ha! It's taller than a war horse, it's too scary."
Robert dismounted, direwolf Nightwalk lay on the ground, Ed stepped down, and Robert gave Ed a bear hug.
"Ed, you haven't changed at all for so many years! This time you conquered beyond the Great Wall and opened up territory for the Seven Kingdoms, making me the king with the largest territory in the history of Westeros. I must be good. Reward you!"
Robert saw Bear King Byers riding a bear beside Ed, Eagle King McCain and the giant eagle prince in the air. When the giant eagle passed by in the air, every knight and nobleman looked dumbfounded. Stan Selmy, Marlin Tran, Prince Joffrey's guard hound Sandor Clegane and others subconsciously moved towards the hilt of the sword.
Ed said: "Everyone, don't be nervous, the giant eagle prince Michu is my subordinate, he is the leader of the savage giant eagle tribe."
Everyone is relieved.Robert tapped Eddie's heart lightly.
"Ha! Ed, you have conquered beyond the Great Wall and brought back so many magical animals and masters. You can start a circus now. In King's Landing, I want to hire a dancing bear. The price is astonishingly expensive. Giant eagles and bears are all complete."
Bear King Byers said: "Your Majesty, if you want to watch the bear dance, my bear is always at your disposal."
Robert glanced at the northern team, "I heard there are giants, are they not here?"
Ed shook his head, "The northern border is building a house, and the giants are working on the construction site!" Giants are Ed's secret weapon, and Ed doesn't want to share them with others.
Afterwards, Ed ordered his attendants to take out three "dragon eggs" and presented them to Robert. Robert accepted them contentedly, "Can dragon eggs hatch dragons?"
In fact, these three dragon eggs are exquisitely crafted stone artworks, not dragon egg fossils.
Ed said: "It's hard. I prayed to the weirwood heart tree for many days in the godswood forest, and only then did I get a response from the old gods, and a young dragon hatched from the stone."
Robert, brother, I didn't lie to you. Stones can theoretically hatch dragons. Even Dr. Marwin, an authority in the field of occultism and magic, said so.
If King's Landing wants to hatch dragons, Ed welcomes them to try, first they have to pray to the weirwood heart tree, and it is best to convert to the faith of the gods.Except for Qianmianyu, finding a weirwood in the south of the Neck is difficult, and these southern nobles even disdain to pray to the tree. No one can expose Ed's lies, at least Ed hopes so.
Ed's adoptive father, the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn, wore a blue velvet dress and a sky blue cloak fastened with a sapphire pin. Jon Arryn was over 80 years old, but he was still hale and hearty, with strong shoulders.
Jon Arryn patted Ed's head, "Ed, well done! Welcome to the Imperial Council!"
Stannis Baratheon was dressed in a plain woolen robe, which was much shabby compared to Renly, who was next to him in dark green flashy armor.Renly's armor was intricately carved, embellished with jewels such as opal, lapis lazuli, gold, sapphire, and emerald.Compared with Renly, Stannis dressed like a beggar.Stannis greeted Eddard and Catelyn with icy courtesy.
Renly was much more enthusiastic. He not only exchanged warm greetings with Ed and Caitlin, but also praised Sansa and Arya for their beauty and dignity.
Later, Robert introduced Eddie to the vassals and nobles of King's Landing Court.
Ser Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers, was slender and beautiful, with red and white roses engraved on his armor, and his brown curly hair fell lazily over his shoulders. Sansa held her breath when she saw Ser Loras Tyrell. took a breath.
Old and strong Ser Barristan Selmy has silver-white hair, is still strong despite his age, and is dressed in immaculate white scales. He is the captain of the Kingsguard and the most legendary knight in the Seven Kingdoms one.
Prince Joffrey was fair, tall and fair, with green eyes and handsome, and he wore a tunic of reddish-brown silk with a crowned stag and a roaring lion of his mother's house embroidered on it.But Ed didn't like the child's pursed lips and contemptuous expression when he saw the Winter Wolf soldier beside him.
The little devil Tyrion was wearing a red and gold dress, and Ed could only bow his head when he shook hands with the little devil.
Tyrion smiled and said, "Master Ed, thank you for not bringing the giant to King's Landing, otherwise, the giant might step on me into a ball of flesh if he is not careful! I heard that there are dragons in Winterfell, There are elephant-like moas, mammoths, and all kinds of strange spirits, if there is a chance, I must go to Winterfell as a guest."
Ed said: "Winterfell welcomes you." But the little devil is a dangerous opponent after all. Although he is a dwarf, he is extremely smart. If he really goes to Winterfell, Ed will take strict precautions.
Robert then introduced Eddard to Hobber and Ser Horace, the twins of Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor.The Redwynes of the Arbor, like their Lords of the Reach, House Tyrell, fought for House Targaryen in Robert's Rebellion, besieging Storm's End for a year.
As the nobles who stood on the wrong side in Robert's Uprising War, the Tyrell family sent Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers, and the Earl of Redwyne sent twin sons. These children of the Reach nobles stayed in Robert's court , obviously wanting to repair the relationship with the royal family Baratheon family.
In addition, Ed also met Sir Balon Swann of Stonehelm City in the frontier.The Magistrate, the pockmarked and mute Ser Ilyn Payne.Sandor Clegane, "The Hound" with a burnt face and a terrifying face.Jalabah Thor, the exiled prince of the Summer Isles in King's Landing, Jalaba Thor's skin was as dark as coal. He wore a Midsummer Isles-style feather cloak and carried a golden heartwood longbow on his shoulder.
Afterwards, Ed rode a direwolf, and together with King Robert on horseback, entered King's Landing through the Gate of the Gods, followed by the Kingsguard, the City Guard and the Winter Wolf Army, and the people of King's Landing crowded on both sides of the road. Cheers to Ed.
Amidst the cheers, Robert said excitedly: "Ed, I prepared a direwolf made of pure gold for you. Cersei said it was a waste of Lannister's gold. She was very upset, but I was very happy! But I can’t give it to you now, I have to wait until the wolf king’s celebration, in front of nobles from all over the Seven Kingdoms, to give it to you.”
"In addition, there are tournaments, palace banquets and theater performances. King's Landing will be very lively. These are all prepared for you."
The king and Ed's team arrived at the Red Keep on Aegon High Hill. Robert prepared a house next to the Prime Minister's Tower for Ed. Ed was very satisfied with Robert's arrangement.
Robert asked Ed to meet the important ministers of the imperial council immediately, "Ed, follow me to the imperial council, alas! My imperial council is either a fool or a sycophant."
So Ed followed Robert to the meeting hall, which was covered with Myrish carpets, surrounded by wood carvings of Qohor, tapestry of Norvoth, and a wooden screen of the Summer Isles, engraved with lifelike monster.
Since Ed was outside King's Landing, he had already met with Barristan Selmy, Captain of the Kingsguard, Stannis, Lord of the Sea, Renly, Lord of Justice, and Jon Arryn, Prime Minister of the King, so Ed in the conference hall The only ones who needed to say hello were Chief Intelligence Officer Varys, Chancellor of the Exchequer Littlefinger and Grand Maester Pycelle.
Varys was wearing silver-white silk and smelled of perfume all over his body, "Lord Ed, the little birds all over the world are singing songs in praise of the Wolf King, praising the wolf king's great conquest beyond the Great Wall!"
Ed said: "Master Varys, you really have a tongue like honey."
Littlefinger joked: "The eunuch's lips and tongue can only spit out lies, Lord Ed, you have to worry!"
You are also a liar.Ed doesn't know which one is more dangerous, Varys or Littlefinger.Littlefinger asked about Caitlin, and Eddard was perfunctory.
Grand Maester Pycell stroked his snow-white beard, "Lord Ed, you have made great achievements in conquering beyond the Great Wall. Needless to say, how did you hatch the dragon?"
Ed cautiously said: "It is hatched from a stone. If you want to hatch a dragon, the first step is to convert to the belief of God, and then pray to the weirwood heart tree. Sincerity will lead to spirit."
Grand Maester Pycelle's eyes widened, "Lord Ed, this seems unlikely! The Targaryen family believes in the Seven Gods, not the Old Gods."
Ed said: "So later, the Targaryen dragons became extinct. Only by believing in the old gods can hatching dragons. This is my experience. If you don't believe me, you can write to Dr. Marwyn. Dr Marwyn of the city is at Winterfell."
Dr. Marwin is an authority in the field of occultism and magic. If Pycelle questioned Marwin, he would probably become the laughing stock of the Academy City. After all, things like magic and occultism are too mysterious to give definite conclusions.
Robert said: "Don't ask the dragon, let's talk about serious things. I have decided to confer Ed as Wolf King and appoint Ed as Minister of the Interior. His power is second only to the former Prime Minister."
Grand Maester Pycelle said excitedly: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that Lord Ed is a consultant? The Westeros Imperial Council has never had the post of Minister of the Interior!"
Robert proudly said: "From today, I have one. This is a position I specially set up for Ed. From now on, your intelligence, finance, legal affairs, and maritime affairs will all have to report to Ed. Do you understand?"
Littlefinger smiled narrowly, Varys rubbed his soft hands, Stannis jaw tightened as he stared at Eddard and began to grind his teeth, Ser Barristan looked at Eddard calmly, Grand Maester Pycelle seemed listless. eggplant.
Renly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is a good idea. The former Prime Minister is the King's Hand, and Ed will be His Majesty's left hand from now on."
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Waking up in the huge Harrenhal guest room like a giant's palace, the ghost in the godswood in the dream was so hideous and vivid, and was plagued by nightmares, Ed was covered in cold sweat, and Caitlin was still sleeping soundly.
"Don't forget to go to Qianmianyu to visit the wooden dancer".Ed's weirwood bracelet still seemed to be whispering.That's the advice of the Green Seer, the Three-Eyed Raven.
Qianmian Islet of Shenyan Lake is one of the few areas south of the Neck that has weirwoods. Most of the heart trees in other places have been felled and burned over the long years.
In the godswood of Harrenhal, there is no weirwood. The heart tree here is an iron tree, and a hideous and terrifying human face is carved on the iron tree.
Harren the Black Heart, who built this majestic castle back then, was a native of the iron people. He and his descendants believed in the Drowned God of the Iron Islands.Presumably "Black Heart" Heron would think that the iron tree as a heart tree is more in line with the ironman's temperament.None of the lords of Harrenhal appointed by the subsequent Targaryen dynasty believed in the old gods, so naturally no one bothered to plant weirwood in the godswood.
The power of the old gods in Harrenhal is strong. Although there are no weirwoods in the godswood forest of Harrenhal, there are thousands of weirwoods on the sacred island in the center of the sacred island of Thousand Faces in the God's Eye Lake in the south of Harrenhal. The weirwood stands proudly.
During the Dawn Era, the children of the forest fought against the ancestors for thousands of years. Countless children of the forest and the warriors of the ancestors were killed in this endless war. The forest, the land, and the rivers were all sad.In the end, the leaders of the children of the forest and the first people chose to sign an oath to end the war on the Islet of Thousand Faces in God's Eye Lake.
In order to celebrate the fulfillment of the oath and the hard-won peace, the children of the forest and the heroes of the ancestors carved human faces on every weirwood heart tree in Qianmian Islet, letting the old gods take care of this sacred oath.
It is said that there is still a "green man" organization that guards the weirwood on Qianmian Islet. According to legend, the green man is the son of the forest.Whatever the truth, no one knows what the Green Warrior actually looked like.
After Caitlin woke up, Ed told her, "Caitlin, I'm going to the Islet of Thousand Faces."
Caitlin was surprised to hear Ed's plan.
"Harrenhal is full of ghosts, and the Isle of Thousand Faces is older than ghosts. Many boys and girls of the nobles in the river have tried to row to the Isle of Thousand Faces, but no one came back alive. Where are you going? What are you doing? There is an ominous place .”
"It's a sacred place." Ed corrected, "For the southerners who believe in the Seven Gods, the Isle of Thousand Faces covered with weirwoods may be dangerous, but don't forget, the Stark family has believed in the Old Gods for generations, Pray before the weirwood heart tree."
Caitlin worried: "Can the weirwood heart tree in the godswood be the same as the weirwood heart tree in Thousand Faces Isle?"
Ed took Caitlin's hand, "Did you forget? In front of the weirwood heart tree in the godswood of Winterfell, the she-wolf Sunshine gave birth to the little wolf who guarded our children? And the young dragon Flying Wolf, also in the fish Born under the watchful eye of the beamwood heart tree."
Caitlin thought for a while, "That being said, how do you ensure your safety when you go to Qianmian Islet? I heard there are green men on it!"
Ed smiled, "Thousand Faces Islet is a sacred place guarded by the old gods. I will be back soon on a giant eagle."
If what the Three-Eyed Crow said is true, besides the green man, there are also wooden dancers on the Isle of Thousand Faces.
According to ancient books, the wooden dancer is a hunter in the children of the forest. During the war with the ancestors and the Andals, the wooden dancer will summon thorns, and the branches will entangle the enemy, slowing down the enemy's progress. Legend has it that the powerful wooden dancer Dancers can awaken the spirit of the ancient forest, turning the ancient trees into treant warriors to fight for the children of the forest.
However, it has been thousands of years since the wooden dancer disappeared in the records of history books, and there are fewer legends about the wooden dancer than the Green Prophet.
The Three-Eyed Crow is the last Green Prophet. He guides Ed to visit the Wood Dancer on the Isle of Thousand Faces. Ed speculates that the Wood Dancer is at least as powerful as the Green Prophet. As for the Wood Dancer, is he a child of humans and the forest? , no one knows.
Ed had breakfast with Countess Sheila Hean, and he delivered a letter from Maester Dorst.Bachelor Dost is now serving Ed in Winterfell, responsible for the study of occultism and magic. Bachelor Dost grew up in Harrenhal when he was a child, and the Countess of Hean was his patron in the city.
Countess Sheila said excitedly: "Dost is a distant relative of the Banfort family in the scourge of the Western Territory. Everyone knows that the Banfort family is the descendant of the hooded king, and the hooded king Morgan Banfort is a necromancer. So there is a little bit of madness in Dorst's blood."
"When he was a child, his father was a servant in Harrenhal, and his mother was a washerwoman. Both of his parents are dead. Her mother also left Dost with an illegitimate sister named Pia. Her mother hoped that Pia Jan could be a nun, but now Pia is a slut. I put her in charge of the storage room, where she hangs out with men."
"Fortunately, Dorst finally became a bachelor, and he fulfilled his mother's wish. I remember that when Dorst was a child, he often wandered around the Tower of the Burning King and the Tower of the Widow, saying that he wanted to find the lost treasure in Harrenhal. Ghost, he often yells, he is going to take an adventure on the Isle of Thousand Faces! What a mischievous guy."
Ed opened a goose egg, cut a piece and ate it, "I'm going to visit Qianmianyu today."
The smile on Countess Sheila He'an's face disappeared and was replaced by fear, "Lord Ed, you can't go to Thousand Faces Islet!"
"Harrenhal is next to God's Eye Lake. There are many fishermen in the territory of Harrenhal, but no one dares to go fishing near the Isle of Thousand Faces. None of the boats that approached the mysterious island came back alive. Some fishermen's swollen corpses will be killed. Rushing back to shore with mouths full of scarlet leaves of the weirwood heart tree. Believe me, no boat ever gets to the Isle of Faces."
Michu, the Eagle Prince, rode the Eagle past the windows of Harrenhal Hall.
"Ms. Sheila, if I don't take a boat, but ride a giant eagle to Qianmianyu, what do you think?"
Countess Sheila Hean looked at the giant eagle outside the window, "Master Ed, your wildling giant eagle knight is really shocking. It is the first time I have seen a giant eagle at such a young age. Giant eagles can conquer the blue sky and spread their wings. Soaring. However, I must remind you that giant eagles may not be able to fly smoothly over God’s Eye Lake, and don’t forget that a giant dragon has also fallen over God’s Eye Lake.”
Ed frowned, "You mean the battle over God's Eye Lake during the Dance of the Dragons?"
Countess Sheila Hean nodded, "Prince Daeron, the 'Prince of Fleas', who is riding the dragon Craxhu, is facing Prince 'One-Eyed' Aemond, who is riding the dragon Vaghar, two dragons and two All the dragon knights fell to their deaths and were swallowed by the God's Eye Lake."
"Many people will think that the dragon knight and the dragon just died after fighting and fell, but, as someone who has lived in Harrenhal for decades, I would rather believe that the heart tree on the Isle of Thousand Faces interfered with the dragon. .A thousand horrifying faces stare at me, and even the giant dragon dies trembling."
Ed hadn't thought of this level before. If the giant dragons were trembling and falling over Qianmian Islet, what hope would the giant eagle have?Perhaps riding a giant eagle to Qianmian Islet is not as wise as previously planned.
This time they went south to King's Landing, Ed and the giant eagle prince Mi Chu brought a total of two giant eagles, and there were more than 20 giant eagles in Winterfell.What made Ed even more delighted was that some of the giant eagle eggs brought to Winterfell by the wildlings of the giant eagle tribe showed signs of hatching.
Now Ed's skinchanger ability is getting stronger and stronger, he can control giant eagles, bears, direwolves and other animals without distraction.
After breakfast, Ed came to the vast courtyard of Harrenhal, where Domeric and Sir Willy Ward discussed the skills of spears.Arya was chatting with a servant named Weese while an ugly spotted bitch wagged its tail.
Ed whistled, and a giant eagle landed in front of Ed. Ed flew onto the precipitous walls of Harrenhal. He flew off the giant eagle and landed on both feet smoothly.
The giant eagle prince, Mi Chu, rode a giant eagle and landed beside Ed. Ed and Mi Chu stood on the city wall, overlooking the God's Eye Lake in the south.
"Michu, do you think the giant eagle can take me to Thousand Faces Islet in God's Eye Lake?"
Michu said: "I heard from the servants in Harrenhal that the Isle of Thousand Faces is full of weirwood, which belongs to the land of the old gods, and the giant eagle is a gift from the old gods. We rode the giant eagle and arrived at Thousand Faces Island, there should be no problem. Lord Ed, I will go with you."
"No need, I don't dare to risk my giant eagle prince." Going to Thousand Mian Islet is uncertain, the more people go, the greater the risk, and it may even anger the guardian "Green Man" and Wooden Dancer of Thousand Mian Islet .
Ed rode a giant eagle and swooped down from the towering city wall of Harrenhal. Harrenhal and the town of Harrenhal could be seen from the foot of the giant eagle.The townspeople stopped to watch the giant eagle in the sky.Ed drove the giant eagle to the south and flew over God's Eye Lake, where the sparkling water unfolded below.
God's Eye Lake is one of the largest lakes in Westeros. After riding on the back of a giant eagle for several hours, Ed finally saw the mysterious island of Thousand Faces Islet covered in a thin layer of mist.
Thousands of weirwood trees stood like sentinels on Qianmian Islet, and Ed saw the human face on the weirwood heart tree.The gaze of a thousand divine eyes.
When it was only 100 meters away from the island, the giant eagle began to circle and refused to fly forward. Ed had no choice but to stroke the giant eagle's head.
"Can't you bear the gaze of a thousand eyes?"
Ed controlled the giant eagle and began to descend. When it was close to the water, Ed jumped into the water, and he decided to swim the remaining distance.The eagle flapped its wings and flew away.
The sun shines on the weirwood heart tree on Qianmian Islet. The dry bone-like branches and blood-red leaves exude a peaceful light in the sun. Ed feels the gaze of the weirwood heart tree's human face.
Legend has it that when the oath was signed, the children of the forest and the heroes of the ancestors carved the human faces of a thousand weirwood heart trees on Qianmian Islet. There may be more weirwood trees today. Ed walked in the weirwood forest with blood-red leaves under his feet With reddish-brown soil.
A touch of green appeared in the weirwood forest. Among the white trunks and blood-red leaves, the green was particularly conspicuous. Ed saw that the person who came was short and dressed in clothes woven from leaves. He was only as tall as Arya. With dark chestnut skin and long, large ears, eyes like green ponds.
More dwarven warriors in green-leaf clothes emerged from the weirwood forest, each with a weirwood longbow, quiver full of obsidian arrowheads, and an obsidian dagger hanging from his waist.
Ed was surprised: "Children of the forest? Are you green warriors?"
The leading green warrior nodded, "Ed Stark, you are finally here, the wooden dancer is waiting for you." The voice was as pure as spring water in the winter wilderness.
Ed said, "You know I'm coming? Did the Three-Eyed Crow tell you?"
"A thousand eyes are watching." The green warrior led Ed through the weirwood forest, walking towards the depths of the forest, and they finally entered a cave.
In the cave, there are weirwood tree roots everywhere, like pale snakes swimming, and the roots are covered with glowing magic stones. The cave that should be dark is like daytime.
"There's the wooden dancer."
Following the direction of the green warrior's finger, Ed saw the wooden dancer sitting on the weirwood throne. She was a skinny old woman, and she was older than the old Nan in Winterfell.The old woman held a weirwood scepter, her hair was dry grass, and weirwood roots protruded from her ribs and ribcage.
Ed only felt his stomach churning, and when he walked up to him, he noticed the old woman's eyes, one was blue and the other was green. On her shriveled neck, she was wearing a necklace of sapphires and emeralds, gorgeous. Incomparable.
The old woman stared at Ed with those blue and green eyes, and said nothing, and Ed was so terrified that he had to speak to break the silence.
"Wooden Dancer, the Three-Eyed Raven wants me to come to you. He wants me to remind you that the cold god is approaching, and winter is coming."
A ferocious smile appeared on the old woman's face.
"The cold god is coming, the White Walker is coming, it's as certain as the sun going down from the west. The problem is, what's the use of the Three-Eyed Crow asking you to warn me? There are only more than 100 children of the forest in Qianmianyu , counting the children of the forest beside the Three-Eyed Crow outside the Great Wall, Qianmianyu and the children of the forest beyond the Great Wall, the total number of people will not exceed two hundred."
"If you count on such a few children of the forest to resist the army of cold and death, what are the chances of winning?"
Ed didn't expect the wooden dancer to be so pessimistic. He was stunned for a while, "Humans will fight side by side with the children of the forest."
The old woman spat out a mouthful of blood-red saliva, "The people who felled the weirwood back then were also humans. In the Dawn Era, the ancestors felled the weirwood. After the oath was signed, the weirwood felled became the Andals who crossed the sea. The northern border There are still some weirwoods, thanks to the ancient greenseers, who gathered together to summon the sea, flood the neck, and stop the intruders."
Ed showed the obsidian dagger in his hand, "Obsidian is found in the lonely mountains and northern mountains in the northern border. The mountainous area of Skagos Island has an astonishing amount of obsidian. I have ordered the northern border to make obsidian weapons. There are plenty of obsidian weapons on the Wall now."
The old woman snorted softly, "Wolf King, you have a smart brain. Perhaps the Three-Eyed Crow chose to fight against the White Walkers with you because of this. The White Walkers are indeed afraid of obsidian, obsidian daggers or obsidian arrows." You can kill a White Walker with a single blow, but that was 8000 years ago."
"8000 years ago, relying on obsidian weapons and the Great Wall, the Night Watchman Legion and the Children of the Forest ended the long night together. In 8000 years, you expect the magic of the White Walkers to make no progress? According to the news delivered by the crow, Eternal Winter beyond the Great Wall In this land, the climate is getting colder and colder, and the White Walkers are even building black ice armor, if the black ice armor can offset the advantages of obsidian, it is simply a dream for human beings to defeat the White Walkers."
Ed stroked the ice of the Valyrian greatsword, "Varerian steel is also the nemesis of the ghosts, even with the black ice armor, the Valyrian steel sword can still win."
The old woman obviously didn't think so, "How many Valyrian steel weapons are there in the Seven Kingdoms? These are the ancestral swords of the nobles. Now in the whole of Westeros, it may not be possible to collect two hundred. Besides, the nobles are willing to take out ancestral swords. Valyrian steel sword against the White Walkers?"
Ed said: "In Winterfell, a young dragon hatched."
The old woman narrowed her eyes, "I saw it through the weirwood heart tree in Winterfell. It's a little gray-black bastard with blood-red eyes. The baby dragon is not as big as a goat now, so what's the use of it?"
A drop of thick sap dripped on Ed's shoulder, "In a few years, the dragon will grow up."
The old woman said: "The enemy and the servant of the cold god must give you a chance. You know better than me how many young dragons have died on Dragonstone Island when you come to the dragon's lair. Besides, even if the dragon grows up, it is not invincible. Queen Rhaenys and her Meraxes fell at the Hellgate of Dorne, and Jacaerys and his dragon Womax died at the Howl."
"The Academy will conspire to kill dragons, your enemy Lannister will conspire to slay dragons, and your vassals who are worrying about their loyalty will also try to kill young dragons. Even if your dragon named Flying Wolf, It has escaped the assassination of the Academy City, the assassination of its political opponents, and is bigger than Balerion, how useful it can be in fighting against the White Walkers? I am curious."
Ed pondered for a while, "The dragon flames sprayed by the dragon can kill ghouls, I believe."
The old woman interrupted him, "Dragon flame can certainly burn ghouls to death, but no one knows how powerful it is against White Walkers. It's no secret that White Walkers can manipulate dead bears, and mammoths fight for them. Once killed by a different ghost, it will become an ice dragon controlled by a different ghost."
"There is no doubt that the death arrow of the strange ghost can easily kill the dragon. At this time, what the ice dragon spews out is not the scorching dragon flame, but cold ice. At that time, the ice dragon will become the ghost of the strange ghost. I wonder if the Three-Eyed Crow foresaw this danger when it helped you hatch the dragon eggs?"
The thought of the young dragon growing up to become an ice dragon attacking Winterfell and the Wall, slaughtering villages and towns with ice sent a chill down Ed's spine.In fact, Ed knew this risk a long time ago, but he didn't want to think about it. He is still immersed in Stark's joy of owning the dragon.
It took Ed a while to find his voice, "I will protect the dragon from harm."
The old woman said: "Wolf King, you have to protect your people, your dragon and the Great Wall, so turn around and return to the north! Call the vassals in the north, guard the Great Wall, and wait for the aliens to attack. This is the best choice." .”
Eddard was surprised, "King Robert recruited me."
"The king is also a mortal, and ashes will be ashes and ashes will be ashes." The old woman sighed, "Greed for power is the madness in the blood of kings and nobles. When the Three-Eyed Raven was still Brynden Rivers, he and the cold Iron, and Daeron I, Daemon Blackfyre, played this kind of game."
"I used to be the king's daughter, the king's illegitimate sister, and my illegitimate brothers. They were either the prime minister or the accomplice of the robbers. Some fought for the black dragon, and some fought for the red dragon. Now they are all dead. Only me and Brynden Rivers, Duke of Bloodraven, are still alive."
Ed looked into the old woman's green and blue eyes, then at the sapphire and emerald necklace around her neck.
"I know who you are now. You are the illegitimate daughter of King Aegon IV and his last mistress, Serena of Lys, Siri Oceanheart."
Xirui Yangxin is one of the most famous beauties in the history of the Seven Kingdoms. She is the last illegitimate daughter of King Aegon. Her beauty overshadows the noble girls of the Seven Kingdoms. The story of Ge Hewen and "Blood Raven" Brynden Hewen falling in love and killing each other in order to compete for Xirui Yangxin is the singer's favorite.
The once beautiful woman has become a skinny old woman. Ed can't help but lament the cruelty of the Creator, "The history books say that you inherited your mother's blood magic and rely on bathing in blood to maintain your beauty."
Xirui Yangxin showed an ugly toothless smile, "The history books also said that I died a long time ago and passed away. Now, as you can see, I continue to live as a wooden dancer. Therefore, in the history books Not necessarily true."
"Back then, both Han Tie and Blood Crow pursued me. I chose Blood Crow. Han Tie went crazy because of this. Han Tie is the most resentful person I have ever seen. He is an angry person, always frowning. Han Tie Iron fought for the Black Dragon, supported the Blackfyre Rebellion many times, he went into exile across the Narrow Sea, and created the Golden Company."
"As the first leader of the Golden Company, he died in an insignificant war in the disputed lands of Myr and Tyrosh. The singer wants us to believe that Han Iron died with a weapon in hand, cursing, and a well-deserved death, but I Let me tell you, Han Tie will never die with peace in his eyes, such a way of death is destined to make him angry, and thus become a wraith."
Ed said: "Han Tie's skull was made into a golden skull and hung in the camp of the Golden Squad. The subsequent heads of the Golden Squad have continued this tradition. Make a comeback."
Xirui Yangxin said: "Let's not say that the blood of the black fire is cut off now, even the dragon dynasty of Targaryen has collapsed, and Han Tie's golden skull must frown again. I have no doubt that the golden skull It's a kind of dark magic, believe me, Han Tie will return in some capacity, it's impossible for someone like him to die."
Ed nervously said: "Do you think Han Tie will become the servant of Han God?"
Xirui Yangxin shrugged her shoulders, "Why not? The White Walkers can resurrect the dead, and Han Tie's nickname fits the cold god's temperament very well. You saw the ghosts of Harrenhal in your dream. They lived in the past. It is also possible to return to the present. For the cold iron army that may appear outside the Great Wall, Wolf King, are you willing to listen to my persuasion and return to the northern border to prepare for the battle against the White Walkers?"
Ed said helplessly: "If I return to the North, King Robert will doubt my loyalty. At that time, before the White Walkers, the enemies in the South may attack the North. In the game of power, I am also Involuntary."
Now the King’s Landing royal family has sent an invitation to Ed. Robert will prepare a grand tournament for Ed, a theater troupe performance, and a court feast to celebrate the conquest of the wolf king. If Ed returns to Winterfell after walking halfway, Robert will No matter how much Bob trusted Ed, he would become suspicious.
Besides, without Ed's support, how long Jon Arryn and Robert can persist in King's Landing is also a question.
Jon Arryn is a decent man, Robert is a big bastard, both of them disdain intrigues and tricks, but they are surrounded by conspirators like Varys, Littlefinger, and Cersei, people will find Joffrey, Mi Sera, Tommen grew up less like Robert, and it was only a matter of time before Lannister would fight Robert and Jon Arryn in order to keep the Iron Throne.
Ed could only go to King's Landing, and Xirui Yangxin on the weirwood throne said helplessly: "Even the king can't do what he wants, so you can go to King's Landing in the south!"
Ed looked at Xirui Yangxin's old face, "The Duke of Blood Raven became the Greenseer. I know it's because of his ancestor's blood. His mother came from the Blackwood family of Raventree City. The Blackwood family is a A descendant of the ancestors who believed in the old gods. Mrs. Siri, your mother is Serene from Lys, and has nothing to do with the ancestors. You should have no ancestor blood, so why were you chosen as a wooden dancer?"
Xirui Yangxin seemed to find this question quite interesting. She smiled and said, "My mother is from Reese, but she has the blood of the ancestors. My grandmother is a wild man from beyond the Great Wall. The Reese slave trader captured her in Hard Town outside the Great Wall. , because my grandma is beautiful, she was trained to be a bed slave."
"She is a wild female savage. Every time the client wants to sleep with her, she always struggles and resists, but the more she does this, the happier the client is. In the end, she was killed by a Rhys with Valyrian blood. The prince bought it home and gave birth to my mother. So, I have wildling blood in me."
Ed said in surprise: "So you have savage blood."
Xirui Yangxin said: "You moved more than [-] savages to the north, which is a great act of kindness. I heard the prayers of the savages in front of the heart tree through the weirwood, and the savages called you the father of life and the wolf king."
"The northern border is the front line for all human beings to resist the White Walkers. 8000 years ago, the ancestors and the Children of the Forest defeated the White Walkers Legion and ended the Long Night because of their common belief in the old gods. Men came, felled with sword and fire, and burned the weirwood south of the Neck, and the Faith of the Seven replaced the old gods, and the humans and the children of the forest drifted apart."
Ed said: "I think people who believe in the Seven Gods can fight against them if they realize that the Others are a threat to all mankind. The Mandalay family in White Harbor in the north are believers of the Seven Gods. The Manderly family has always been loyal to Stark and Winterfell."
Xirui Yangxin said: "If you can conquer other areas south of the Neck and unite people of different beliefs like you conquered the savages beyond the Great Wall, the human race will have a greater chance of defeating the White Walkers."
Xirui Yangxin waved her hand, and a child of the forest brought a weirwood bowl, "This is a gift from me."
Ed saw the sticky juice in the wooden bowl, and asked curiously, "What is this?"
Xirui Yangxin stroked the weirwood walking stick, "This is the sap of a thousand weirwood heart trees on the Isle of Thousand Faces, the stones and soil from all over the Seven Kingdoms, including the stones in the valley, the rainforest soil in the stormlands, and the river bends. The fertile soil of the land, the black soil of the northern border, the frozen soil beyond the Great Wall, the sandstone of Dorne, the river mud of the riverlands, the iron ore powder of the Iron Islands, etc..”
"The old gods are nameless gods belonging to the forest, the earth, rocks, creeks and mountains. After the child of the forest dies, his soul will merge into the earth, trees and rocks. You can accept the guidance of the old gods after drinking this magic potion."
Ed drank the viscous magic potion, which tasted salty, tears, soil, roots, and rocks.
The world was spinning, and Ed felt that the thousand eyes of Qianmianyu were opened for him at the same time, and he was dizzy for a while.
Fractured, Ed finds himself in a hallucination.
He saw Robert's young face, laughing like thunder, flirting and flirting with beautiful young girls.
A dark-haired girl driving a mule, walking between steep hills, surrounded by high mountains covered with snow; a frowning black-haired apprentice blacksmith, with knotted muscles, angrily polishing a horned helmet; In the inn under a big bell, a shy black-haired girl was sitting on the benefactor's lap, holding a peach in her hand.
In the castle under the storm, a stout black-haired boy practiced sword with the gray-haired old man on the school field; in the brothel, a little black-haired baby girl was breastfeeding on her mother's breast.
He saw a cave covered with golden thatch, in which there were many fawns, all of which were killed alive by the vicious lioness, and blood flowed out of the cave.
All of a sudden, the black sea came rushing in, covering the smith's boiler, the rocks, and the stables; a dreadful tent of wolfskins, bloodied, and terribly red in the dawn; There is a feast of wolf and fish; the storm of death rolls in, and the eagle falls to the ground.
The golden Father drove his chariots, and lions, dogs, and black goats trampled the land and villages, leaving corpses everywhere; Church and godswood; king sitting on ancient throne, crowned with roses, dripping with blood
The illusion was getting faster and faster. In Ed's mind, it seemed that a dragon war broke out. He almost fell to the ground and managed to stand still. Then he returned to reality and found that he had left the wooden dancer's burrow. By the lake of Thousand Mian Islet, the sun shone on his face.
The green guards were all gone, the weirwood men around were staring at him, and the leaves were rustling, as if urging him to leave the Isle of Thousand Faces.
Ed couldn't help wondering what the visions meant, and he recognized the children in the visions as Robert's illegitimate children. Some children looked like Robert when he was a child, and he could recognize them at a glance.This is the guidance of the old gods, asking Ed to save those children.
Robert and Cersei's children Joffrey, Myrcella and Tommen are not Robert's own children.Robert's real children are those illegitimate children. Even if the old gods didn't guide Ed to save these children, Ed would definitely save his children because of Robert's trust and friendship with Ed.
But as for other phantoms, Ed didn't quite understand them. There was a feast of wolf meat and a tent of wolf fur in the phantom. Does this mean that the Stark family will fall to the bottom in the future?Ed also wanted to find the wood dancer's burrow, but he found out that the paths in the weirwood forest of Qianmianyu had been changed. This is indeed a magical place.
The giant eagle hovered in the distance, but still did not dare to approach Qianmianyu, so Ed had to swim away from Qianmianyu. After he swam a few hundred meters, the giant eagle began to descend, swooped down, grabbed Ed with its claws, and threw it into the air In the middle, the giant eagle caught Ed and flew towards Harrenhal with Ed.
Seeing Ed returning safely on a giant eagle, Countess Sheila Hean and Caitlin both heaved a sigh of relief.
Caitlin said excitedly: "I thought something happened to you."
Countess Sheila Hean said: "Duke Ed, what is there on Thousand Faces Islet?"
Ed said: "I didn't dare to go to the island at all. Thousand Faces Islet is very evil, so don't approach it." Ed didn't want the nearby fishermen to disturb the cleanliness of the wooden dancers and the green guards.
The next day, Eddard and Catelyn left Harrenhal with their entourage.According to the agreement between Ed and Countess Sheila Hean, Ed left behind three hundred winter wolves to help Countess Sheila Hean protect the territory and castle.Morona, the white mask assigned by Ed, is the commander of the Winter Wolves of Harrenhal.
Countess Sheila Hean sent Sir Willy Ward of Harrenhal to follow Eddard to King's Landing to represent Harrenhal in the Wolf King Tournament.Sir Willy Ward was a landed knight near Harrenhal, with several manors on his estate.
Ed's team went south along the straight King's Road.
King's Landing, Red Castle, in the corridors of the Maiden's House, Cersei is wearing a crystal-colored silk robe, studded with tourmalines, emeralds and red garnets, her long golden hair is hanging around her shoulders, and she looks angry.
"Winterfell has dragons! No Targaryen king would allow his vassals to have dragons. Robert, that fool, let Stark raise dragons!"
James tidied the snow-white cloak of the Kingsguard in boredom, "It's just a dragon. I heard it's only the size of a hound. It's freezing cold in the northern region. Dragons may not grow up, and there is a high probability that they will die. Sister, don't worry about it." gone."
Cersei said sullenly: "Don't you have brains? When the young dragons grow into giant dragons, an army may not be able to contend with them. Eddard Stark hatched the dragon, it is clearly a plot to rebel! Yes, Robert Ed will be loyal while alive, but if Robert is gone in the future and Joffrey sits on the Iron Throne, Ed will definitely take his dragon south, and together with Stannis and Renly, they will conspire to dethrone Joff inside."
Jaime's green eyes flickered mischievously, "Anyway, Stark is coming to King's Landing soon, and Robert wants to keep him in the King's Landing, which is better, and he is at our mercy. Stark left the dragon in the King's Landing Winterfell, we sent an assassin, and stabbed the dragon to death, putting an end to the threat once and for all."
Cersei shook her head, "I heard from Grand Maester Pycelle that it is very difficult to hatch a giant dragon. It was impossible to hatch a dragon in the Targaryen dynasty before, but Eddard managed it. A young dragon is a life after all. It’s a deadly weapon when it gets bigger, it’s a pity to kill it.”
"The best way is to steal it. Steal the young dragon to Casterly Rock City and raise it in a cave. Winterfell is thousands of miles away from Casterly Rock City. Stark will never find it."
James frowned, "It's the biggest cave in Casterly Rock City. It's hard to raise a dragon, right? I heard from Tyrion that the size of a dragon depends on the space it grows in. Dragons raised in the wild are bigger. House Targaryen None of the dragons bred in the lair grew to the size of Balerion."
"Why don't I call Tyrion and ask him about the dragon, and discuss with him how to deal with Eddard Stark, the new threat."
When Tyrion was mentioned, Cersei looked disgusted.
"Since our little dwarf arrived in King's Landing, has he been eating, drinking, whoring and gambling every day, and has he done anything serious? There is no need to discuss it with him. We can discuss it with Father when he arrives in King's Landing."
James said disdainfully, "Father really wants to attend the Wolf King Ceremony? Why should the lion give face to the direwolf."
Cersei stroked James' shoulder, "You're right, Robert also told me that Ed is coming and he wants me to greet him on behalf of Lannister. I handed over the job directly to Tyrion. Let the dwarf To meet Eddard is to show the lion's contempt for the direwolf."
The team in the north was flying the direwolf flag, Ed was riding on the direwolf night walk, the bear king Byers was riding a big bear, the giant eagle prince Michu appeared in the sky riding a giant eagle, and the eagle king McCain was riding on a horse , with falcons, hawks and owls resting on their shoulders, people on the King's Road stepped aside and watched curiously.
As soon as they approached King's Landing, the northerners immediately smelled a stench.
Bear King Byers covered his nose, "What a strange smell. I used to think that only the winter town had the worst smell."
As the leader of the savages, Bear King Byers has lived outside the Great Wall all his life, and only recently moved to Winterfell with Ed, the winter resort town is the largest town where Byers has lived.The wildlings of the Winter Wolves were surprised at the smell of the city.
Ed said: "King's Landing is the largest city in Westeros, and more than 40 people are crowded together."
A group of cavalry ahead blocked the way, and the standard bearer held high the crowned stag banner of the royal family. In addition, Ed also saw the silver moon and blue eagle banner of the Arryn family, the roaring lion banner of the Lannister family, and Gao Ting raised the flag. The rose banner of House Lil, the grape bunch banner of House Redwyne, and more.
At the head was King Robert, in robes of gray and blue silk and a crown of gold on which a crowned stag stood proudly, and Robert rode like a great bear.
"Haha! Ed, you really deserve to be the wolf king, and you actually ride a wolf. Is this the famous direwolf? Ha! It's taller than a war horse, it's too scary."
Robert dismounted, direwolf Nightwalk lay on the ground, Ed stepped down, and Robert gave Ed a bear hug.
"Ed, you haven't changed at all for so many years! This time you conquered beyond the Great Wall and opened up territory for the Seven Kingdoms, making me the king with the largest territory in the history of Westeros. I must be good. Reward you!"
Robert saw Bear King Byers riding a bear beside Ed, Eagle King McCain and the giant eagle prince in the air. When the giant eagle passed by in the air, every knight and nobleman looked dumbfounded. Stan Selmy, Marlin Tran, Prince Joffrey's guard hound Sandor Clegane and others subconsciously moved towards the hilt of the sword.
Ed said: "Everyone, don't be nervous, the giant eagle prince Michu is my subordinate, he is the leader of the savage giant eagle tribe."
Everyone is relieved.Robert tapped Eddie's heart lightly.
"Ha! Ed, you have conquered beyond the Great Wall and brought back so many magical animals and masters. You can start a circus now. In King's Landing, I want to hire a dancing bear. The price is astonishingly expensive. Giant eagles and bears are all complete."
Bear King Byers said: "Your Majesty, if you want to watch the bear dance, my bear is always at your disposal."
Robert glanced at the northern team, "I heard there are giants, are they not here?"
Ed shook his head, "The northern border is building a house, and the giants are working on the construction site!" Giants are Ed's secret weapon, and Ed doesn't want to share them with others.
Afterwards, Ed ordered his attendants to take out three "dragon eggs" and presented them to Robert. Robert accepted them contentedly, "Can dragon eggs hatch dragons?"
In fact, these three dragon eggs are exquisitely crafted stone artworks, not dragon egg fossils.
Ed said: "It's hard. I prayed to the weirwood heart tree for many days in the godswood forest, and only then did I get a response from the old gods, and a young dragon hatched from the stone."
Robert, brother, I didn't lie to you. Stones can theoretically hatch dragons. Even Dr. Marwin, an authority in the field of occultism and magic, said so.
If King's Landing wants to hatch dragons, Ed welcomes them to try, first they have to pray to the weirwood heart tree, and it is best to convert to the faith of the gods.Except for Qianmianyu, finding a weirwood in the south of the Neck is difficult, and these southern nobles even disdain to pray to the tree. No one can expose Ed's lies, at least Ed hopes so.
Ed's adoptive father, the former Prime Minister Jon Arryn, wore a blue velvet dress and a sky blue cloak fastened with a sapphire pin. Jon Arryn was over 80 years old, but he was still hale and hearty, with strong shoulders.
Jon Arryn patted Ed's head, "Ed, well done! Welcome to the Imperial Council!"
Stannis Baratheon was dressed in a plain woolen robe, which was much shabby compared to Renly, who was next to him in dark green flashy armor.Renly's armor was intricately carved, embellished with jewels such as opal, lapis lazuli, gold, sapphire, and emerald.Compared with Renly, Stannis dressed like a beggar.Stannis greeted Eddard and Catelyn with icy courtesy.
Renly was much more enthusiastic. He not only exchanged warm greetings with Ed and Caitlin, but also praised Sansa and Arya for their beauty and dignity.
Later, Robert introduced Eddie to the vassals and nobles of King's Landing Court.
Ser Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers, was slender and beautiful, with red and white roses engraved on his armor, and his brown curly hair fell lazily over his shoulders. Sansa held her breath when she saw Ser Loras Tyrell. took a breath.
Old and strong Ser Barristan Selmy has silver-white hair, is still strong despite his age, and is dressed in immaculate white scales. He is the captain of the Kingsguard and the most legendary knight in the Seven Kingdoms one.
Prince Joffrey was fair, tall and fair, with green eyes and handsome, and he wore a tunic of reddish-brown silk with a crowned stag and a roaring lion of his mother's house embroidered on it.But Ed didn't like the child's pursed lips and contemptuous expression when he saw the Winter Wolf soldier beside him.
The little devil Tyrion was wearing a red and gold dress, and Ed could only bow his head when he shook hands with the little devil.
Tyrion smiled and said, "Master Ed, thank you for not bringing the giant to King's Landing, otherwise, the giant might step on me into a ball of flesh if he is not careful! I heard that there are dragons in Winterfell, There are elephant-like moas, mammoths, and all kinds of strange spirits, if there is a chance, I must go to Winterfell as a guest."
Ed said: "Winterfell welcomes you." But the little devil is a dangerous opponent after all. Although he is a dwarf, he is extremely smart. If he really goes to Winterfell, Ed will take strict precautions.
Robert then introduced Eddard to Hobber and Ser Horace, the twins of Paxter Redwyne, Lord of the Arbor.The Redwynes of the Arbor, like their Lords of the Reach, House Tyrell, fought for House Targaryen in Robert's Rebellion, besieging Storm's End for a year.
As the nobles who stood on the wrong side in Robert's Uprising War, the Tyrell family sent Loras Tyrell, the Knight of Flowers, and the Earl of Redwyne sent twin sons. These children of the Reach nobles stayed in Robert's court , obviously wanting to repair the relationship with the royal family Baratheon family.
In addition, Ed also met Sir Balon Swann of Stonehelm City in the frontier.The Magistrate, the pockmarked and mute Ser Ilyn Payne.Sandor Clegane, "The Hound" with a burnt face and a terrifying face.Jalabah Thor, the exiled prince of the Summer Isles in King's Landing, Jalaba Thor's skin was as dark as coal. He wore a Midsummer Isles-style feather cloak and carried a golden heartwood longbow on his shoulder.
Afterwards, Ed rode a direwolf, and together with King Robert on horseback, entered King's Landing through the Gate of the Gods, followed by the Kingsguard, the City Guard and the Winter Wolf Army, and the people of King's Landing crowded on both sides of the road. Cheers to Ed.
Amidst the cheers, Robert said excitedly: "Ed, I prepared a direwolf made of pure gold for you. Cersei said it was a waste of Lannister's gold. She was very upset, but I was very happy! But I can’t give it to you now, I have to wait until the wolf king’s celebration, in front of nobles from all over the Seven Kingdoms, to give it to you.”
"In addition, there are tournaments, palace banquets and theater performances. King's Landing will be very lively. These are all prepared for you."
The king and Ed's team arrived at the Red Keep on Aegon High Hill. Robert prepared a house next to the Prime Minister's Tower for Ed. Ed was very satisfied with Robert's arrangement.
Robert asked Ed to meet the important ministers of the imperial council immediately, "Ed, follow me to the imperial council, alas! My imperial council is either a fool or a sycophant."
So Ed followed Robert to the meeting hall, which was covered with Myrish carpets, surrounded by wood carvings of Qohor, tapestry of Norvoth, and a wooden screen of the Summer Isles, engraved with lifelike monster.
Since Ed was outside King's Landing, he had already met with Barristan Selmy, Captain of the Kingsguard, Stannis, Lord of the Sea, Renly, Lord of Justice, and Jon Arryn, Prime Minister of the King, so Ed in the conference hall The only ones who needed to say hello were Chief Intelligence Officer Varys, Chancellor of the Exchequer Littlefinger and Grand Maester Pycelle.
Varys was wearing silver-white silk and smelled of perfume all over his body, "Lord Ed, the little birds all over the world are singing songs in praise of the Wolf King, praising the wolf king's great conquest beyond the Great Wall!"
Ed said: "Master Varys, you really have a tongue like honey."
Littlefinger joked: "The eunuch's lips and tongue can only spit out lies, Lord Ed, you have to worry!"
You are also a liar.Ed doesn't know which one is more dangerous, Varys or Littlefinger.Littlefinger asked about Caitlin, and Eddard was perfunctory.
Grand Maester Pycell stroked his snow-white beard, "Lord Ed, you have made great achievements in conquering beyond the Great Wall. Needless to say, how did you hatch the dragon?"
Ed cautiously said: "It is hatched from a stone. If you want to hatch a dragon, the first step is to convert to the belief of God, and then pray to the weirwood heart tree. Sincerity will lead to spirit."
Grand Maester Pycelle's eyes widened, "Lord Ed, this seems unlikely! The Targaryen family believes in the Seven Gods, not the Old Gods."
Ed said: "So later, the Targaryen dragons became extinct. Only by believing in the old gods can hatching dragons. This is my experience. If you don't believe me, you can write to Dr. Marwyn. Dr Marwyn of the city is at Winterfell."
Dr. Marwin is an authority in the field of occultism and magic. If Pycelle questioned Marwin, he would probably become the laughing stock of the Academy City. After all, things like magic and occultism are too mysterious to give definite conclusions.
Robert said: "Don't ask the dragon, let's talk about serious things. I have decided to confer Ed as Wolf King and appoint Ed as Minister of the Interior. His power is second only to the former Prime Minister."
Grand Maester Pycelle said excitedly: "Your Majesty, didn't you say that Lord Ed is a consultant? The Westeros Imperial Council has never had the post of Minister of the Interior!"
Robert proudly said: "From today, I have one. This is a position I specially set up for Ed. From now on, your intelligence, finance, legal affairs, and maritime affairs will all have to report to Ed. Do you understand?"
Littlefinger smiled narrowly, Varys rubbed his soft hands, Stannis jaw tightened as he stared at Eddard and began to grind his teeth, Ser Barristan looked at Eddard calmly, Grand Maester Pycelle seemed listless. eggplant.
Renly smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this is a good idea. The former Prime Minister is the King's Hand, and Ed will be His Majesty's left hand from now on."
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